Nick Kyrgios to pay dearly for his actions 21

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has been making headlines for his antics on court, and sometimes even off it. But with his latest display of bad behaviour at the Shanghai Masters where he suffered a bizarre straight set loss, tennis officials have had enough and have banned him from playing – for the rest of the year.

The 21-year-old has been banned from the ATP Tour for eight weeks, and was also slapped with an additional $US25,000 ($33,000) fine for “conduct contrary to the integrity of the game”, the ATP said in a statement, which comes on top of $21,810 in fines he had already received.

The ban can be reduced to three weeks, but only if Kyrgios “enters a plan of care under the direction of a sports psychologist.”

“Following the completion of its investigation into Nick Kyrgios’ second round match last week … the ATP has announced that Kyrgios has been found to have committed the player major offense ‘Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game’,” the ATP said in a statement.

What do you think about the punishment and Kyrgios’ statement? Is it enough?

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